PSYB30H3 Lecture 1: Lecture 1
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Set of psychological traits within the individual that is organized and long lasting and influences his or her interactions + adaptation to stress and situations in their lives. Consistency and stability of a personality is based on personal experiences with friends, family, and your knowledge about yourself. How we are like all others traits and mechanisms of personality that are typical of your species and possessed by nearly everyone. How we are like some others individual differences refer to ways in which each person is like some other person (e. g. extrovert. sensation-seekers) Group differences refer to ways in which the people of one group differ from people in another group (e. g. culture differences and age differences) How we are like no other person individual uniqueness refers to the fact that every individual has personal and unique qualities not shared by others individual can be studied: Statistical comparison of individuals or groups requiring sample of participants on which to doncut research.
